24 CFR § 241.260 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s241.260"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 241.260 - Definitions."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "241.260"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING—FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MORTGAGE AND LOAN INSURANCE PROGRAMS UNDER NATIONAL HOUSING ACT AND OTHER AUTHORITIES"
part_number: "241"
part_name: "SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCING FOR INSURED PROJECT MORTGAGES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "12 U.S.C. 1715b, 1715z-6, and 1735d; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 24653, Dec. 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "241"
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# 241.260 Definitions.

All of the definitions contained in § 241.1 shall apply to this subpart. In addition, the term *contract of insurance,* as used in this subpart, means the agreement evidenced by endorsement of the credit instrument by the Commissioner or his duly authorized representative, and includes the provisions of this subpart and of the National Housing Act.